"I was reading the dictionary. I thought
it was a poem about everything."
                     --Steven Wright

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Ashamed for ( লজ্জিত ) I feel ashamed for you.
  • Key to ( সমাধানের উপায় ) He has found out the key to his problem.
  • Grateful for ( কৃতজ্ঞ (কোনকিছু) ) I am grateful to you for your help.
  • Argue for ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him for the point.
  • Deaf of ( বধির ) He is deaf of one ear.
  • Differ with ( ভিন্ন মত হওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) I differ with you on this point.

Idioms:

  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • End in smoke ( ব্যর্থ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.